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US President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital as early as Monday as he continues to recover from the coronavirus, his doctors said.
Trump, 74, has been fever-free since Friday and has not complained of shortness of breath, Dr. Sean Conley told reporters outside Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland on Sunday.
You are now on dose two out of five of the experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir and you do not experience any side effects.
If things continue to go well, he may be allowed to continue his treatment at the White House on Monday, his team said.
Doctors Caring for President Trump Give Second Update on His Condition
Dr. Brian Garibaldi, a lung specialist, added: “If you continue to look and feel as good as you do today, our hope is that we can plan for discharge as soon as tomorrow to the White House, where you can continue your treatment. “
Dr. Conley revealed that Trump’s oxygen levels fell on Friday, prompting doctors “to worry about a possible rapid progression of his disease” and to see him receive supplemental oxygen while still in the White House.
“I was pretty convinced that I didn’t need it,” Dr. Conley said.
Even though he only needed extra oxygen for an hour, doctors still asked him to transferred to the military hospital for observation, he added.
Dr. Conley was also asked why he refused to admit yesterday that the president had received supplemental oxygen at the White House on Friday, when his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, told reporters that doctors were “very concerned.” for his vital signs before reaching Walter. Rush.
He said he was “trying to reflect the optimistic attitude of the team” and “did not want to give any information that could divert the course of the disease in another direction.”
Dr. Conley added that “in doing so, [it] It came out like we were trying to hide something, which wasn’t necessarily true. “
